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In the Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s
Post Subject: If now was the futurePosted by Paul S on: 3/11/2007
Don't worry, Romy, I can hear, and I've been at this for some time, so it is already abundantly clear that the ML2s would do/be that much better with true HE speakers (yes, the right horns). And when I say this you know that I know how troublesome multi-way "HE" (horn) speakers are to drive coherently, not on paper, but with an actual amplifier in an actual room. But it will be a while yet before I go back down that rutted road again, and there is still much to enjoy in the context of my present set-up, thanks mostly to the ML2s. Were it not for the ML2s I likely would have run aground with the DEBZs quite a while ago. For one thing, what other stock unit could drive a naked HF ribbon like this? Borrowing from your observation, above, you might even say that the DEBZs are the "different reasonably-efficient speakers" you refer to, since they are hardly a match made in Heaven for any SET, including the ML2s.
I hope people understand that I am not so much encouraging them to just go out and buy ML2s for their present speakers as I am encouraging them to buy ML2s and then do what works best with them(!). That's how much I think of these "not neutral" amps. Lest anyone think otherwise, my present speakers are actually pretty damned good, with the ML2s driving them; in fact I have not heard better, overall, although I can already imagine better, because of my aggregate hi-fi experience to date, which now includes the ML2s, if that makes any sense.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site